An easy and classic Southern cornbread recipe shared by Tomunda, a really neat lady from Alabama. If you don’t have your own signature cornbread recipe, Tomunda will share hers with you.
This is a story of friendship and food.
Recently our company underwent a complete software transition. I have only been through one of these events one other time in my career. In a time when every single productive step relies on computer software, an overhaul can stop you in your tracks.
Tomunda and her team arrived as promise to walk us through the transition with ‘at the elbow support’. This is super important as the type of software we work with normally is not that intuitive. It is nothing like an app you download that you can just ‘figure out’. It was a real blessing to have her here.
When I found out the team was mostly from the deep South, I quickly changed the topic of conversation to something really important. Food.
Before moving to Texas, I lived in North Carolina for four years while I was stationed at Ft. Bragg. I remember how passionate my Southern friends were about food. They were passionate about eating food, cooking food, talking about food and sharing food. It’s a huge part of the culture.
Naturally, we bonded over talking about food. Cornbread was a hot topic. While Trenton reluctantly admitted he liked Jiffy Mix (Can he lose his Alabama citizenship?), Tomunda was gracious enough to share her classic Southern cornbread recipe with us.
Full confession, I have never made cornbread from scratch before. I vaguely remember making cornbread from Jiffy Mix once. If I had known how easy it was I would have made it often. It is perfect with my husbands prized chili recipe. I will be making this more in the future.
Tomunda likes her cornbread simple but she did say that we can add stuff to it.
‘Some people like to add a lot of sugar or corn, or even cheese’ she said.
She strongly suggests using buttermilk over milk and she really likes the corn meal mix that has the baking powder in it already.
However it is that you like your cornbread, please share your recipes with others. Sharing recipes makes the World a whole lot smaller.
You can make cornbread more moist and less crumbly by:
- Using buttermilk instead of milk.
- Add sour cream to your wet ingredients.
- Add creamed corn or frozen corn.
- Add grated cheese.
- Add an additional egg or two.
Tomunda’s Southern Cornbread Recipe
Prep Time: 10 minutes- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
Yield: 9 large servings.
Category: Bread
Method: Baking
Cuisine: American
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An easy and classic Southern cornbread recipe shared by Tomunda, a really neat lady from Alabama. If you don’t have your own signature cornbread recipe, Tomunda will share hers with you.
Ingredients
- 2 cups of cornmeal mix (has the baking powder already mixed in)(240g)
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup light flavored oil such as vegetable oil
- 1-2 cups of buttermilk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Measure cornmeal mix and place in large bowl.
- In a medium bowl add egg, oil and 1 cup of buttermilk, mix well.
- Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix gently, don’t over mix.
- Add enough extra buttermilk to make a pancake batter-like consistency.
- Pour in greased 9×9 pan.
- Bake for 28-25 minutes or until golden color and edges have a brown crust. A toothpick should come out clear or crumbly, not wet.
Notes
- You may add sugar to make a sweet cornbread.
- You can make it even more moist by adding any of the following: creamed corn, frozen corn, grated cheese, sour cream, extra eggs.
- Add jalapeños for some kick.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
I haven’t made cornbread from scratch either. Good to know it’s not hard. I will try this someday, I think it would be great with chili too. Maybe soup.
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I LOVE cornbread. I can just bake it and eat it all by itself. We love it with chili and soup….and even for breakfast with eggs. This recipe looks fantastic.
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We LOVE cornbread at our house and make it all the time! Like, at least two or three times a month. This looks like a delicious, classic version!
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Love me some cornbread! This looks like a good version, maybe next time I’ll give it a try!
I grew up on homemade cornbread, and was making it myself as a teenager. It’s so amazing! My Dad always wanted it thin and without any honey or sugar (not my preference!) He doesn’t have any say now, so mine has a little sugar! This recipe looks great, and the cornmeal mix looks like a great option.
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I want to try the thin variety, I wonder if it’s less crumbly. I think its better with sugar or honey.
Mmmmm I love me some good corn bread. Can`t wait to try this recipe!
I have never made cornbread but this looks great!I would definitely give a try soon.Looks so awesome.
It is surprisingly easy, give it a try.
Yep – there is NOTHING better than a piece of homemade cornbread! And I’m from the south. Actually – the first recipe I ever made on my own at the age of 8 was my great grandmomma’s cornbread. We always made it in a cast iron skillet! Your recipe looks amazing and I love your story!
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Thanks Amanda, time to get that skillet out. What a beautiful memory and hold on to those family recipes, they are precious.
I love cornbread! This one looks so delicious and easy to make! Definitely saving this recipe to make some time soon)
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Have fun with this one, it really is easy to make so it’s easy to experiment with.
I’m that person that will go to a BBQ place and eat nothing but cornbread, and be TOTALLY happy with my decision. This looks wonderful!
Oh how funny, I can’t relate to that but so glad you can:)
I love a good southern buttermilk cornbread! I used to live in Virginia, and I remember how good the cornbread was there. I could never resist a square of it, warm! I love the idea to add grated cheese. I’d be weak around a pan of this!
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Fresh is the best. My mom, however, would take day old cornbread and pour milk and sugar on it. She was from Missouri, I think it’s a southern thing to make cereal out of anything.
I love talking cornbread, because it’s amazing the regional differences. Sugar or honey? Jalapenos and corn, or plain? This looks like such a great base recipe to figure out the kind that you like best!
I completely agree. I didn’t know how easy it was to make.
What a great story. I love the whole Southern culture. We spend a lot of time in the South and the way they feel about food is a lot the way the Italians feel. Now, I’ve been wanting an honest to goodness cornbread recipe — can’t wait to try it.
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